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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Apple gives billions to create affordable housing. Too little, too late?

    Apple says it’ll spend $2.5 billion to help combat California’s growing housing crisis. It follows billion dollar pledges from both Google and Facebook earlier this year for the same effort.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 5, 2019 • 1 min read

    Apple says it’ll spend $2.5 billion to help combat California’s growing housing crisis. It follows billion dollar pledges from both Google and Facebook earlier this year for the same effort. Some critics say it’s not enough, or that maybe repairing the state’s housing crisis isn’t their real goal.

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Long-awaited Roger Stone trial begins
    1. 0:00Trump’s ambassador to the EU admits a quid pro quo
    2. 9:02The spectacle begins: Roger Stone trial
    3. 18:15Apple gives billions to create affordable housing. Too little, too late?You’re reading this
    4. 27:37Writer retraces a Spanish explorer’s journey from San Diego to San Francisco
    5. 41:57The mad rush to recreate Netflix is making TV more expensive
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